In search of actionable targets for agrigenomics and microalgal biofuel production: Sequence-structural diversity studies on algal and higher plants with a focus on GPAT protein

OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 173-186

  Misra, Namrata ^a   Panda, Prasanna Kumar ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CATALYSIS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DIATOM; ENZYME ENGINEERING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED ALGA; SOYBEAN;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BIOFUELS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CHLOROPHYTA; FATTY ACIDS; GENE ORDER; GENOMICS; GLYCEROL-3-PHOSPHATE O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MICROALGAE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; POSITION-SPECIFIC SCORING MATRICES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHODOPHYTA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ALGAE; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; EMBRYOPHYTA; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84876132395     PISSN: 15362310     EISSN: 15578100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/omi.2012.0094     Document Type: Article

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